Third Party Certification for Manufacture of Fire Curtains in Accordance with BS 8524-1

On the 23rd June 2022, International Fire Consultants (IFC) published a withdrawal notice on their website from “Product Certification Scheme for Active Fire Curtain Barrier Assemblies” (SDP11-02). With Warrington Fire also having withdrawn their EWCL5 scheme on the 16th December 2021, this effectively would leave the UK without a Third Party Certification scheme for BS 8524-1.

Discussions between alternative certifying bodies, the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (UK Trade Body) and leading manufacturers are already taking place.

In spite of IFC’s published notice, the A1S Group has received a letter (see below) from IFC offering a further year of Third-Party Certification under SDP11/02 to allow us to seek an alternative certifying body. As such, we will continue to manufacture fire curtains to BS 8524-1 under IFC’s Third Party scheme until 08th June 2023.

IFC’s Third Party scheme SDI 05 which covers the installation of fire curtains to BS 8524-2 is not currently affected.